Tilapia in Mississippi
All-Male
Males tend to grow faster than females. When females become sexually mature after 4-6 months, they devote more energy and resources into egg production than into growth. In ponds stocked with mixed sex tilapia, uncontrolled reproduction may result in the stunting of the orginally-stocked fish. In intensive tank or cage culture systems, high density disrupts normal courtship and spawning behavior and therefore uncontrolled reproduction is curtailed.